12.2% (2007 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
8% (31 December 2005)
Stock of money:
$58.84 billion note: This number reflects the greatly overvalued official exchange rate of 11.23 Syrian pounds per dollar. At the unofficial rate of 50 Syrian pounds per dollar, the stock of Syrian pounds would equal US$13.22 billion and Syria's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be three, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31 December 2006)
Stock of quasi money:
$45.93 billion (31 December 2006)
Stock of domestic credit:
$50.92 billion (31 December 2006)
Agriculture - products: